Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-04-14
Mn. CHAIRMAN Axp GENTLEMEN

Mn. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN:
Il j. with uni,.igucl pleasure rise to adj
dress You this evening. and L. thank you
for The privilege which hy your courtesy |
am permitted to enjoy.
Although born and reared in another and
different section Of our State from that upon
which now stand. | am persuaded To- feel
irnm the generous manner in which You
have received me. that am not without
friend, III this par, If Maryland.
While the people 81 the two sections, the
the Eastern and Western Shore, are Separat-
81 and we are in % great measure strangers
T. each other, vet steam and the electric
telegraph. and il great rival and competitor
lr public favor, the telephone, have - an
initiated space, that those who only live n
few hundred miles from you are now
Il. Nunrd among your near ncighborS.
- that whether We will i; or not, the
next generation on the Eastern Shore will
converse with You OF Western MARYLAND ev-
cry day as regularly y The rising Of the sun,
ami in return will receive your morning
greetings Is though you lived on the adioin-
IU- town lot.
The great benefits that must inevitably
follow the bringing together of the distant
parts II uur State in such close communion
and i.llnwShip can scarcely be over eStimat-
ed.
GREAT COUNTY.
We of the Eastern Shore know already
that You have ia great county, no man can
pass through il without finding this out
remember last year, during the month OF
June, travelling over . small section IT il.
| found growing luNuriantly on every hill
side and plain the golden grain, then almost
de- g. 81. I. Il 4.
tai valleys, hard hv the streams Of pure
crystal water flowing fresh from Your great
mountain reservoirs, graZcd your Jerseys
10y the hundred
And | thought that surely this must he a
goodly land. land Of plenty. literally flow
ing with milk, If not with honey.
While il gives me pleasure - reCite Il
Jon the iunumerable blessings which a
wise Providence has VuuchSa,ed IL You,
among which must not forget ~ mention
Your salubrious climate which has given
nerve and vigorous manhood to your sons
and the bloom Of health and beauty and
loNelinCSs u Your daughters. | cannot fore
~ the opportunity here presented Of telling
yuu-whai If you do not already know, will
be - forced upon your attention in the
next decade, that you cannot help frum
kuowing-sOmething Of the
EASTERN SECTION oP YOUR STATE.
Most of the counties in that section lie
Immediately adjacent 90 the waters Of the
Chesapeake and its eStuarieS. The vast
natural wealth Of this hay, whose waters
are borne ON Maryland's bosom like a
bright silver shield. stands without q
parallel in the history of the world.
Here and here only do the diamond back
terrapin and the canvass back duck reach
their inimiiahle perfection. While our
oysters are carried to every port Of the
habitsble globe. Fish and crabs abound
IN abundance in our waters and, furnish
delicious food for millions,
And waat shall say Ia YOU Of the pro-
duCtouS uf our soil Besides wheat and
corn which are our staple cereals, the straw
berry and peach are grown in abundance
And where can such fruits as those NE grow
Be found : Certainly not outside If Mary
land lou may grow such peaches and
Southern Mary land may grow such straw
oerues, but where you grow one Peach We
gnow thousands
And a for cur people. instead of being
puny and Sickly, as some would have YOU
believe, they are stout and strong and
healthy. Why ana small beside most &C
the men. While the woman well-,hey
are as good looking a. their Frederick cou-
sins, and their beauty You know Is pro-
vefblal wherever virtue Is aimiTed or love
illness in woman has devotee.
Bat a. return to the thought had in my
mind At first, let me say that while science